Production steps:

1. Prepare a rectangular piece of red cardboard (I used an expired old calendar card)? Make a beautiful little lantern by yourself.

2. Leave 0.5~1.0cm on each side of the cardboard, draw a number of parallel lines into equal parts, and then cut them with paper. ?

3. Roll the cardboard into an arc shape. ?

4. Paste them together, cut the scraps into thin strips to make tassels, and then attach the string to make a beautiful little lantern by yourself.

Extended information:

When the Lantern Festival arrives, lanterns become popular. If you have free time, it is also a good idea to make your own lanterns. If you can't make those "big ones" sold on the street, and you can't find any materials like steel wire or steel plates, then use bamboo strips, rice paper, and pen and ink to make a simple paper lantern. The materials and processes for making handmade paper lanterns are very simple. You can design your favorite patterns and add a lot of fun to the festival. ?

The first step is to make the skeleton. The simplest shapes of paper lanterns are cubes or cylinders. It is best to use bendable bamboo branches or bamboo skins to form a frame, and the connecting parts are tied tightly with thin wires. If it’s hard to find, thin strips of cardboard or bamboo skewers used for barbecues will also work. They will lack in strength and flexibility, but they are also very good decorations when placed indoors. ?

Selection of materials

1. Place the bamboo in the steam chamber (or heat it for half an hour), then take it out and place it in a cool place to dry, but it should not be overly dried or placed in a strong place. Exposure to light.

2. Planing and cutting: Plane off the rough skin and cut the bamboo strips to the required length, which depends on the size of the lantern. Tie the frame. Weave the lamp stand in a cross pattern. In the middle of the lamp stand, tie several circles of bamboo circles on the lamp wall. To make the lantern body, buy some sheets of white or red ordinary rice paper or gold-sprinkled rice paper at the Wenfangsibao store, cut them into lengths and widths that fit the lantern frame, and then you can design your own pattern.

Calligraphy, painting, and paper-cutting can all be displayed on small lanterns. After pasting, you can also use narrow strips of imitation silk paper to border the upper and lower sides to make it look more elegant, much like an ancient palace lantern. If you are not very good at calligraphy and painting, there is a simple method for your reference. Use a piece of tissue paper to trace the desired words on the copybook, then overlap the tissue paper with the dark red rice paper, and dig out the writing with a single-edged blade. After removing the tissue paper, hollow writing appeared on the red rice paper.

Use white rice paper to make the lamp body, and paste red rice paper inside. The candlelight or light is reflected from the hollow part, and the effect is quite beautiful. To make a light source, if you place it indoors, you only need to light an ordinary candle in the lantern; if you want to carry it out, it is best to use a light bulb and a battery to make a simple circuit. It may look a little rough, but during the Lantern Festival, light a self-mounted lamp. First, brush the diluted paste evenly on the surface of the frame, then paste it with cotton gauze, and lightly attach the cut gauze to the lamp stand. Then use a brush dipped in paste to smooth it, and finally paste the second layer of single-gloss paper for lanterns (if you don’t have single-gloss paper, fine tissue paper can also be used.)

Note that the brush used to smooth the paste must be clean. , the paper for pasting must also be pasted so that there are no seams before the paper is truly pasted. Dry Place the lantern in a cool and ventilated place to dry. ?

Painting 1. Painting or cut-and-paste: Paint or cut-and-paste with personally desired patterns, such as characters, Eight Immortals, flowers and birds, ladies, etc. 2. Write text: After painting, decide whether to write text according to the situation. After the text and patterns are completely dry, the lantern is finished.